1872-CC FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8326
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 16,980
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"CC" (for Carson City, Nevada) below the eagle on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single AU-58.
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-55. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3764, sold
for $17,250.00
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries - Henry S. Lang collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries
"The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 609, illustrated, sold
for $25,875.00
Extremely Fine or perhaps a bit
better. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 1745, plated, sold for $10,925.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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